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An amazingly comprehensive 19th-century collection offers an array of elegant, finely detailed designs gleaned from the art and decorative traditions of several countries and historical eras. Images include scrolls, shields, designs drawn from Italianate-style architecture, Moorish decorations from the Alhambra, Louis Quatorze furniture, and much more. A priceless resource of copyright-free art for graphic artists, illustrators, desktop publishers, and others. 850 b/w illus.
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Great for ideas in 3D design
This book containes hundreds of black and white drawings that make great texturemaps and ideas for objects in 3D design. The detail in the drawings is great. ... Read more

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Rich selection of preprinted forms with often used and needed headings: Company News, Introducing, Newsletter, Previews, Don’t Forget, Spotlight, many more. Just write or type message in space provided, make copies on any copier. 44 full-page forms, eight half-page. Fast, inexpensive, convenient—ideal for businesses, PTAs, social organizations, etc.
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With thoughtful whimsy, this book collects a series of photographs of the fanciful, sad, laughing, and shouting faces that can be found in functional everyday objects such as light switches, old-fashioned cameras, doorknobs, and bottle openers. As the authors Francois and Jean Robert state in their epilogue, "Years ago, we saw a padlock gazing at us with whimsical intensity. It occurred to us that seeing is selection, a process of framing....As we began consciously selecting and framing and cropping, the world became a delightfully communicative universe of human and animal faces--eyes, noses, and mouths--that tell a never-ending stream of silent stories." This elegantly designed title amuses with its clever photos, yet it also prompts us to pay closer attention to the quirky details of the world around us.

Both graphic designers, Francois Robert lives in Chicago while brother Jean Robert resides in Zurich. ... Read more

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great book for visually discriminating people
this is a very nicely printed and designed book and a really good present for anyone who loves design and has an active imagination. I bought 30 for my clients. ... Read more

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A comprehensive design source book of all types of Celtic illuminated letters by leading exponent of Celtic art, Courtney Davis.

The 101 illuminated letters reflects the history of Celtic design from the earliest examples to Courtney Davis's own celebrated modern interpretations. Many of the illuminated letters are from, or inspired by, the famous Celtic manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells.

The 101 designs are all hand painted by Courtney Davis and printed in full color. Each is accompanied by a black and white version of the same image on the adjacent page--perfect for scanning or photocopying for use on an art, design or craft project.The book contains two complete alphabets and the remaining letters are structured so that those most commonly used at the beginning of words are represented with many more examples than the least common letters.The introduction gives a brief history of the Celts and an explanation of the birth and development of their artistic style with particular relation to illuminated letter designs. ... Read more

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Over 140 different artists—John Held, Jr., Peter Arno and Rube Goldberg among them—capture the carefree charm of the Jazz Age in 864 black-and-white illustrations. Their subjects: a flapper wedding, a wild "Charleston," Babe Ruth, motoring, Charlie Chaplin, football, theater crowds, a game of bridge, night clubbing, cocktail parties and more.
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Fun book to be appreciated by all.
I supplied the issues of Life Magazine to Dover that was used to produce this book. Carol did a fine job of selecting the illustrations used in this clip art book. They depict the age of the 20's and 30's nicely. I was pleased with the results. ... Read more

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Largest, most varied collection from first-rate sources includes all styles: Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, chinoiserie, etc. Simple, ornate, picture-frame, typographical, round, square, eccentric motifs perfect for posters, announcements, cards, ads, packaging, menus, etc. 396 illustrations.
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Handy archive of copyright-free typefaces ideal for display ads, signs, posters, menus, newsletters, especially when space is at a premium. Fonts include Calico Casual, Designer Raleigh, Easter Gothic, Galaxy One, Garfield Gothic, Lulubelle Bold, Monastic Condensed. Use this book and any standard copier for a virtually endless source of eye-catching condensed type for headlines, titles, more.
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disappointing!
I bought this book thinking that it would not only show the alphabets, but also give some other sort of information, more like a calligraphic instructional book. It is nothing but a dry, plain, book that shows pictures of very plain alphabets. Something you can get on the font list on your computer. I really don't know what use this book would serve. ... Read more

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Comprehensive, practical treasury of Art Deco typography selected by noted typographer Dan Solo. Includes Broadway Engraved, Lampoon, Modernique, Plaza Suite, Neon, over 90 more. Alphabets are immediately useable and copyright-free; printed in jet black ink on repro quality paper. Many fonts display both upper and lower case letters.
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The silhouettes in this splendid collection, selected from archives of late 19th- and early 20th-century graphic arts, offer designers and artists nearly 1000 designs ideal for illustrating a vast array of subjects: the human profile and figure, coiffed and dressed in many different ways; familiar animals, flowers and birds; trains, planes, automobiles, ships and many more.
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great
this book is great and has lots of great pics ... Read more

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REPRINTS FROM THE HIGHLY PRIZED DECORATIVE ART YEARBOOKS
TASCHEN's Decorative Art series spans the 20th century through the 1970s and carefully reproduces the best of Studio Magazine's Decorative Art yearbooks. Published annually from 1906 until 1980, the yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics, and remained on the cutting edge throughout its nearly eight-decade run. Since going out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have been highly prized by collectors and dealers. Preserving the yearbooks' original page layouts, TASCHEN's Decorative Art books bring you an authentic experience of each decade's design trends and styles. The now complete six-volume set is an essential addition to the comprehensive design library and the devoted collector will want them all.

Decorative Art 1930s ~ 1940s - Decorative art in the 1930s and 40s experienced a great shift from the opulent Art Deco style to pared-down, pragmatic Modernism championed most notably by Le Corbusier and Richard Neutra. Modernism's economy and simplicity became more accepted as a rational response to a time of great economic hardship. From the end of the 1930s through the postwar period, cool Modernism was gradually replaced by the warmer and more human characteristics in, for example, the design work of Charles Eames and Alvar Aalto. ... Read more

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different copyright-free motifs, reproduced in two sizes to reduce the need for statting—all professionally rendered—depict men, women and children in various baseball positions: hitting, catching, pitching, running bases, sliding, more. Includes umpires, gloves, bats, balls, other equipment.
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